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Women will learn how to turn dimes into dollars at a workshop tailored to female spending habits.
Angela Joell, an education and investment manager, said the session will equip people with the tools needed to make their money work, regardless of earn...
DATE: Mar 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Department of Education has asked the Bermuda Union of Teachers to a meeting to tackle fears over a new grading and reports system for pupils.
Kalmar Richards, the Commissioner of Education, announced that the meeting would be held today with hel...
DATE: Mar 05, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Joint Select Committee set up to investigate why protesters were pepper-sprayed by police outside Parliament in December 2016 has held all of its meetings in secret.
The Royal Gazette can reveal that the bipartisan parliamentary group, which promis...
DATE: Mar 04, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Youth Speaker of the House led his team to triumph in a Youth Parliament debate on the merits of the sugar tax.
Robert Thomas, 16, and his team argued the proposition that the tax was a benefit to Bermuda and would improve public health.
However,...
DATE: Mar 04, 2019
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Pupils from two primary schools have graduated from the Gang Resistance Education and Training Programme.
Port Royal Primary School and Heron Bay Primary School celebrated their graduation with a visit from Cerepha Bridgeman of the Western Community ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Boosting the working population with more foreigners would help ease financial pressures on Bermudians, the Opposition claimed yesterday.
The One Bermuda Alliance said the island needs an attractive immigration policy and expected to see the controve...
DATE: Mar 02, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Pupils and teachers were presented with $70,000 worth of classroom supplies, thanks to more donations made by a group set up to bolster public education.
Supporting Public Schools delivered the supplies to all 18 public primary schools on Tuesday an...
DATE: Mar 01, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Legislators face a gruelling stint in the House of Assembly today as the 2019-20 Budget is debated.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the One Bermuda Alliance spokeswoman for finance, will give the Opposition Reply to the Budget.
Ms Gordon-Pamplin will delive...
DATE: Mar 01, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Nearly 200 students have this year benefited from a $300,000 Government grant to Bermuda College, the Minister of Education announced this morning.
Diallo Rabian said that 198 awards were offered to students at the school during the 2018-19 academic...
DATE: Mar 01, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Kathy Simmons, the Attorney-General, plans to meet with citizens concerned over the sentencing of sex offenders next week, after a group held a gathering outside the House of Assembly today.
She assured the public that children’s well being was of “p...
DATE: Mar 01, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell